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Leading and Managing in Nursing, 7th Edition Chapter 29: Developing the Role of ManagerYoder-Wise: Questions and Correct Answers the Latest Update and Recommended Version
Role theory has its underpinnings in management theory. Management theories influence
managers' leadership styles. Which of the following styles would a nurse manager be
mostlikely to follow when redesigning the staffing schedule?
a. Humanistic
b. Authoritarian
c. Flexibility
d. Participati...
Leading and Managing in Nursing, 7th
Edition Chapter 29: Developing the Role
of ManagerYoder-Wise: Questions and
Correct Answers the Latest Update and
Recommended Version
1. Role theory has its underpinnings in management theory. Management theories influence
managers' leadership styles. Which of the following styles would a nurse manager be
mostlikely to follow when redesigning the staffing schedule?
a. Humanistic
b. Authoritarian
c. Flexibility
d. Participative
→ ANS: D
→ Participative style of leadership allows for the input by the participants involved to
have input to the decision process. This assists in making change easier and is one way
a manager uses this leadership to lead the unit.
2. A nurse manager has worked to bring the staff to participate in and then accept changes in
the unit's mission, so that downsizing can be avoided. How is the nurse manager using change
theory for this situation?
a. Focusing on past concerns related to the mission
b. Teaching staff members how to self-manage themselves
c. Determining accurately the direction of change in the institution
d. Requiring all staff members to review and reinforce their technological skills
→ ANS: C
→ The manager is using change theory to have the staff develop and therefore buy into
the changes. Determining the direction of change for the institution allows the manager
to work using change theory to guide staff for changes.
3. The nurse manager, as the leader of the unit's "customer (client) first" initiative, has asked
the staff nurses to develop and administer a survey to every client before discharge. In asking
the staff nurses to accomplish this task, the nurse manager is demonstrating:
a. accountability.
b. shared leadership.
c. a common purpose.
d. independence in the nursing manager's role.
→ ANS: B
→ Healthy work environments are facilitated by involving staff and others in decision
making; gaining access to information is one characteristic of shared decision making.
Shared decision making enables staff to feel valued in policy development and in
directing and leading.
4. A nurse manager is experiencing considerable conflict among staff members because of
weekend staffing coverage. During a called staff meeting, the nurse manager asks the
disgruntled staff to meet as a group and determine the best staffing practices. In doing this,
the nurse manager is using the concept of collaboration to:
a. demonstrate interdependence.
b. depict flexibility and broadmindedness.
c. focus all energies of staff members on a best possible strategy.
d. defuse the possibility that staff members will escalate their discontent when
staffing the unit on weekends.
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